Abortion opponents target JAMA editor

[friesianrider]

I posted about this article the other day (which one person responded to, lol):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4440264&mesg_id=4440264

Today, this article appeared on CNN. Guess these pro-lifers don't like to hear the truth:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/25/fetal.pain.ap/index.html

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The editor of a medical journal that published an article this week saying fetuses likely don't feel pain until late in pregnancy said Thursday she has received dozens of angry e-mails from abortion opponents.

Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, said she had to take a walk around the block after receiving dozens of "horrible, vindictive" messages.

"One woman said she would pray for my soul," DeAngelis said. "I could use all the prayers I can get." DeAngelis said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose.

"Your license should be stripped," DeAngelis said, reading aloud from the 50 or so e-mails that came to her office. "You're hypocrisy," "You should get a real job," "Eternity will definitely bring justice for you," others wrote.

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[wli]

time to target these bastards in response

Who are they and where are they getting their money from?

[flamingyouth]

1. No, they don't like to hear the truth.

That is for sure. :eyes:

[gratuitous]

2. Ah, such loving compassion

I guess I don't understand the anger. Are these nutjobs angry about the research? Or are they saying that JAMA shouldn't publish articles? If there is credible, peer-reviewed research that supports these people's position, then researchers should submit their own papers.

Scientific truth shouldn't yield to bullying.